Loader.



L. FE8RE LUADER.

- APPLICATION IILED AUG. H- Ill].

Patented Nov. 27, 1917* [6'0 m'mt At tbrneys L. FEBRE.

moan. APPLICATION I'll-ED MI G- l4. "I7.

Patented Nov. 27, 1917.

4 MEETS-SHEET I.

Inventor Witnesses i istraversingthe railroad-trackL The coal the chute 35 and swings the closuref3 8 to a tender 6, while the latter isin motion.

it the flexible element 58 is drawn upon, tilting @the lever 55" on its fulcrum 56 and elevatin the hook 57 Whenth'ehook 57 iselevate the, free endof the latch 52' israised out of v v 46,. The closure 47,underthe pressure the water in the tank 31;, [swings 'to'an bpenIPospout 46 within the box 68 at the rear end Softhetender. When the car 24 reaches the laterally inflclined end of-theauxiliary track 3-4,,the

I ally deflected end 5, out of engagement with the tender. 6. The cable 611s paid oflthe 64 is put ,intoaoperatiomthe car maybe hauled back to the place of loading. It will be obvious that, if desired, the cable 61 may be engaged withthe hook 60 while the dispensin with t e tender 6.

Having thus described the inventiom'what is claimed is p I a '1. In a device of the class described, a

ersingthe main track; a dispensing car traversing the auxiliary tracks and having ;means for discharging laterally into the ,ve

hicle, the car'being the vehicle; a'clcsure for said means, on the car, and controlling thelateral discharge into the vehicle; means carried cle fori'advancing, the carwith the vehicle; and means carried bythe car for opening the closurep i a 2. A'device constructed in accordance with claim 1,-'and further characterized by' the t0 factthat the. auxiliary track includes a lat copies efthhatent may be obtained for ,a47,a'os y I f in the pocket slides downwardly along partially open position,-the-coalbeing dis charged into the coalv compartment '7 of the 7 When the chute fs wings downwardly,

engagement with the keeper .onthe s out sition, and water is discharged fromthen of the tender 6,the water flowing through the opening 10" into the water'compartment car moves, under its inertia, along the laterdrum 62 and engaged with the hook on thedispensing car 24, and when the engine a I hide. car 24 is moving forwardly along main track; an auzriliary'track' disposed at vflone slde of the'main track; a vehicle 'trav-' ocated at one sicle of Yerally deflected end onto which the car is f from the ve cle.

,Ina device of track; a dispensing car; traversing the track; a swingingchutecarried'by' the car;

' advanced the vehicle, vto tree t "the: classdescribed",a" I I a car-carried latch mechanism cotiperating with the chute'to'maint'ain the same closed; a vehicle into which the chute discharges; 3

5 y latchfmechanism to permit a swingingi'of. i

vehiCle carried means coacting with the the chute; and vehicle-carried means wheres with the chuteenga es, when 'the'chuteis advancete caralong with the 1 4LvIn a device of the class described,j'a" I i track; a dispensingmcar traversing the swung, to veh cle.

track a transversely swinging bottom {closure carried by theycarra transversely swinging side closure earned by the car;

sures, coacting to hold the closures in closed positions; a vehicle into which the car discharges when the closures are opened; ve-.

hicle-carried. means coacting with one'of secure an opening of hot closures, when the same is in an ofien'positlon, to advance the car along wit the vea device of the class described," a

track; a dispensingcar mounted to traverse Y the track and having separate 'compartmean; aside closureforthesaid comparti ment; a'keeperon the sideclosureya mov i:

able latch on the bottom closure and coact-p he ing with the keeper; a'closn re for theother compartment; a latch mechanism Icoa'cting;v

ments; a bottom closure for one "compartwith the last specified closure to hold: the

same in closed position; a lever fulcrumed j V ,on the car; a connection between the lever y i andithe latch mechanism; anda-connection V 1 between the lever and the bottom closure.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing JOHNv BRIDGMAN, W. :D. Srnms. v I j 1 a as my own, I havehereto aflixed lily-signa vture in thepresence oftwo witnesses. n

five cents each, by'addresslng theficon miisioner ollatents. wuhinztomllp." t y 10,: I detachably interengaged elements on the 010- 

